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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Syndicate of communes

Article L5212-33

The union is dissolved:a) Either automatically on expiry of the term set by the decision establishing it or on completion of the operation it was intended to carry out or when it no longer has more th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies for the implementation of their expenditure

Article D1611-31

Authorisation may be withdrawn after three months' notice on the grounds of the results of checks carried out by the bodies or departments responsible for carrying out administrative, financial or tec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies for the implementation of their expenditure

Article D1611-32

The authorisation lapses if the body has not taken out the insurance mentioned in Article D. 1611-19 and opened the account provided for in article D. 1611-21.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies for the implementation of their expenditure

Article D1611-30

…renewable for three-year periods.Renewal of the authorisation is granted or refused following a procedure identical to that followed for an initial application for authorisation.All the documents pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Assignment of the debtor's assets.

Article R642-39

…cation of the second paragraph of Article L. 642-20, the matter shall be referred to the official receiver by the public prosecutor, the liquidator or the debtor. Where the sale by mutual agreement to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-36

…ng a professional journalist or journalist treated as such within the meaning of articles L. 7111-3 et seq of the French Labour Code, who contributes, on a permanent or occasional basis, to the produc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Role of blood transfusion establishments.

Article R1221-37

At the request of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, the blood establishment shall collect and keep all the information necessary for haemovigilance and transfusi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies.

Article R5221-32

Authorised bodies shall inform the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé : 1° of any modification likely to alter the conditions under which autho…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 A

…ing into account the depreciation period in use in each type of industry. A decree of the Conseil d'Etat sets the terms and conditions of degressive depreciation.Degressive depreciation rates are obta…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Credit transactions

Article R351-3

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:A…

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